...with the pace of technology.15 years ago I divided my CSIII class into groups and assigned each one a "journey of the Apostle Paul" to research and present to the class. Each team drew a map upon which they traced the route of their journey and drew eight pictures representing the events which happened. They taped their pictures to the wall and "presented" the journey as if they were one of the original missionary team, explaining what had happened at every stop.
10 years ago the project took a leap into computer land. This time the pictures were scanned into a computer and connected with a program called hypercard. Wow. We were amazed. True, we had to crowd around the computer to see it, but it was worth the trouble. Some of the cards even had a little bit of animation!
5 years ago all the cards were set as power point presentations, and pictures to illustrate them were downloaded from the internet. Since this didn't take as long, I added requirements: commercials for three major towns and testimonies for two characters, and a few sentences on each card explaining it. Many of the labels and pictures were animated. One map even had a set of arrows that followed the journey.
Last year the minimum was thirty cards. All the story had to be re-phrased (not copied from the ready made accounts of Paul's journeys already on the internet) Music and sound effects were added and attached. All the maps had animated arrows or footprints. We watched the shows on the big screen in the auditorium.
We are beginning this project next Monday. I'm guessing that when the students start searching the internet they will find the project already completed and free to download...so what do I add? Sigh. Technology. Maybe I should hand out blank sheets of paper, Bibles, and map colors.
2 comments:
Computers have certainly changed teaching. Information is at one's fingertips, and you don't have to lift a book. In a way it's sad, it takes all of the fun out of research-on the other hand there are the cool things like music and sound effects. This new generation seems to just be able to do anything techno-I'm stuck in the 1970s. ha ha
Before handing out the map pencils you first explain how to use them for actual maps. then you will need to explain how to find scriptures in the actual bible and not the computer version. (all said with a joking tone)
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